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I'm very surprised only 15% of people break the cross in the middle of the racket. This happens 100% of the time, for the last 10-15 strings I've broken. To me this makes sense since the cross is usually strung tighter than main (and in my case, ~2-3lbs tighter), so the extra tension stretches out the string and makes it a tiny bit thinner. On the other hand, I can also imagine that the more tightly strung cross eats into the main. Still, I can't explain why only one type of breakage ever happens to me.

I'm very surprised only 15% of people break the cross in the middle of the racket. This happens 100% of the time, for the last 10-15 strings I've broken. To me this makes sense since the cross is usually strung tighter than main (and in my case, ~2-3lbs tighter), so the extra tension stretches out the string and makes it a tiny bit thinner. On the other hand, I can also imagine that the more tightly strung cross eats into the main. Still, I can't explain why only one type of breakage ever happens to me.

Any ideas?

Not sure if this is the most correct explanation but usually the crosses cut into the mains. The strings on my racquets always broke in the centre on the mains. To me, an extra 2 lbs on the crosses did not make any difference in the string breakage location.

I've had BG80 break in the centre mains after the coating separated and started to reveal the cord underneath, took a few games to finally go.

I've had ZM62 (current gen) break at the 6 o'clock position. I'd finished my warm up for a match and was walking off court when my partner sent a shuttle my way, swung at it belatedly, caught it off centre and the string broke. Had to go straight into the match with a totally different racket...